Collar-supporter.



No. 843,885. PATENTED FEB. 12, 19077. M. L. GASTON & H. E. MOORE.

COLLAR SUPPORTER.

APPLIOATION FILED nov zl, 1906.

Inventor s.- MaryLGasion Horaecfi'fllo ore.

By their Attorn c Witnesses- MARY L. GASTON, OF NEW YORK, N.

Y., AND HORACE E. MOORE, OF PLAIN FIELD, NEWV JERSEY.

COLLAR-SUPPORTEFL Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 12, 1907.

Application filed November 21, 1906. Serial No. 344,388.

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Be it known that we, MARY L. GASTON, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York,and HORACE E. MOORE, a citizen of the United States, residing atPlainfield, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Collar-Supporters, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to collarsupporters, the object of the inventionbeing to provide an improved collar-supporter simple in construction andreadily attachable and detachable, and which when attached. will remainin such attached position until manually detached, and effectivelymaintain the collar in its proper shape, and which can be manufacturedat comparatively small cost and without the necessity of a fabriccovering.

In the drawings accompanying and forming part of this specification,Figure 1 is an inside view of a part of a collar with this im provedsupporter applied thereto. Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective of one endof this im proved supporter. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view takenon line 2 2, Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective view, full size, of one ofthese supporters detached from the collar and Fig. 5 is an enlargedperspective view of one end of this improved device, showing a differentmode of forming the pair of hooks.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughoutthe different -figures of the drawings.

This improved collarsupporter, three or more of which may be used tomaintain the collar in its proper shape, comprises a flexible orresilient metal member or strip 2, each end 3 and 4 of which is bentupon itself to form a hook 5. This bent end portion will be preferablysomewhat resilient. Within each bent end 5 of the strip 2 is located thebent end 6 of another member 7, which is rivet-ed or otherwise securedto the strip. This bent end 6, which is also in the form of a hook orclip, is so located with relation to the bent end 5 of the strip 2 thatit extends in a direc tion opposite to that in which the hook 5 extends,part of each hook being located in parallelismthat is to say, both hookshave a part thereof curved in parallelism. The de vice thus compriseswhat may properly be designated a hook within a hook.

l l l l l l 1 l l l having each end For the attachment of the device,which will be made of a length to correspond with the width of thecollar 10, the latter is provided with eyes 8 of any desired pattern orformation, preferably metal eyes, at the top and bottom, usually sewedon, and the hooks 5 are caught into each pair of eyes, one at the topand one at the bottom, by slightly bend ing the strip 2 and slipping theouter hooks first into the eyes, and so manipulating the strip that theeyes are passed into the inner hooks 6, which project, as stated, in adirection opposite ,to that in which the outer hooks project, inconsequence of which when the device resumes its position the collar isstretched taut and held in proper shape, while the supporter ismaintained in position against accidental separation.

In practice the device may be made of suitable metal to match the colorof the collar, or it may be enameled. white or black, as may be desired.

Instead of riveting the inner hook to the strip, as shown in Figs. 1 to4, the strip may be cut and a tongue or portion punched out which may bebent to form the inner hook, as illustrated, for instance, in Fig. 5, inwhich the inner hook 6 is shown formed of the same metal of which thestrip is formed-that is, integral therewith-and the outer hook 5 then.bent around it. The relationship between the two hooks may be such thatthe inner one may form a spring-tongue, so that the eye may be snappedinto place, in which case the inner hook might have somewhat lesscurvature than that shown in the draw ings. The preferred constructionis that shown in the drawings; but the inner may be the outer hook, andvice versa.

We claim as our invention 1. A collar-supporter comprising a striphaving at each end thereof a bent portion forming a retaining meanswithin another bent retaining means.

2. A collar-supporter comprising a strip having at each end thereof ahook within a hook, one hook extending in. a direction opposite to thatof the other.

3. A collar-supporter comprising a strip bent upon itself, and a memberadjacent to each end thereof and having a bent portion located withinsuch bent portion of the strip.

4. A collar-supporter comprising a resiliprising a strip having at eachend thereof a [5 part bent to form a hook and having a portion bent toform a tongue Within such hook, said strips having their ends hookedinto the 5. A collar-supporter comprising a resilisaid eyes or loops.

ent supporting-strip having turned over 7. A collar-supporter comprisinga strip ends, and a member between the body and having each end thereofbent to form a hook, ends of said strip provided With a portion andhaving a portion of such strip bent to having a contour substantiallycorrespondform a tongue Within such hook.

ent strip having a pair of bent ends, and a I second member projectingfrom said strip and having Within each of said bent ends a bent Iportion.

ing to that o1 such turned-over ends for con- MARY L. GASTON. nection tothe collar. I HORACE E. MOORE.

6. A collar provided at its inner side adjal Witnesses: cent to its topand bottom edges with eyes or O. A. WEED, loops and a plurality ofsupporters each com- F. E. BOYCE.

